Glad to see we are among the best of the rest, though I can’t say I’m happy about the gap to the Franklins. I think it shows the power of the budget in the sport. He’s got the money to develop, so much so that having spent all of my budget from last season on this year’s car, it’s still a half second deficit at the first race. I know it’s only…[Read more]

Pretty intriguing qualifying session, if you look at the whole grid. Franklin’s performance might not make for the most exciting headlines, but with Rossi, Lucas and Downton having such a gap between their drivers each, that’s going to make things interesting to follow them in the race. Plus AMR seem to have made a huge leap forward, starting as…[Read more]

Well that is a pleasing result and it is very nice to see pace wise we are pretty close to third place, and also a sign that the pre-season pace wasn’t a mask.
I suppose it is a shame to see that Franklin are ahead (again haha) and by such a margin. Hopefully, the race will be exiting and the Franklin race pace will be a bit slower.

Well, the timing sheets are a hell of a lot closer than first anticipated in pre-season. Honestly, I’d just like a strong points finish from the first race and build from there. The first race of the season is something we haven’t won before, so it would be nice to win, but we’ll see how it goes.

@mathers – I think it was a mix of over-aggressiveness and luck. I braked far too late into turn 3, but it really worked to my advantage, though I probably should have got a penalty! From then on, people seemed to keep having problems behind me and that helped preserve my shock lead. I’m not expecting a result as good in the next few races, until…[Read more]

Would have been a real story if Meteor had grabbed the top spot in FP1, but second place is still nothing to turn one’s nose up at. Plus the new boy at Franklin asserting himself early on, it’ll be interesting to follow that particular dynamic between Wagner/Ruiz and how Jamie chooses to handle them. I’m impressed with how close the field is,…[Read more]

I am genuinely shocked at that. Don’t get me wrong, 16th & 20th is nothing to write home about, but I was fully expecting us to be plumb last, possibly ahead of Ocelot, so that’s a nice surprise. Would be awesome if we could somehow nick a point.

I’m not sure whether to be pleased with that or not. Karl did a great job again, but we’re a little bit off the front, despite the investment over the past year, something which is unforgivable. I’ve got no idea what happened with Adrien, 8th is really not where we were planning on being this year. Great to see Meteor right up there, really…[Read more]

Well for me that was fully worth the wait, and I just hope we can keep up that pace.
Some interesting points though:
Mattson nearly half a second ahead of Milkovich
About a second between Ellington and Wilson